Chaos Rings now available, Windows Phone 7 only

The other day we shared that Chaos Rings from Square Enix was headed to the Windows Phone Store. Well... the Xbox title is now available over at the Windows Phone Store but only for Windows Phone 7 devices. While a bit of a head scratcher, it is nice to see our older phones getting some exclusivity tossed their way.

Another couple of eye turners with the Chaos Rings release is that the game requires about 1GB of memory and is running $9.99. Due to the size of the game files, Wi-Fi is required for installation and it takes forever to download. Thankfully, there is a trial to let you try things out before paying the ten bucks.

Chaos Rings is a fantasy RPG game that shows promise. In just tinkering with Chaos Rings for a short time, the 3D graphics are really nice and the game feels well thought out. There's a lot of dialog screens and cinematics involved. It ran fairly smooth on the Samsung Focus 2 but load times felt a little on the slow side. We'll take the game out for a spin and get a full review up on the site shortly.

Again, there is a trial version available for Chaos Rings with the full version running $9.99. You can find it all here in the Windows Phone Store.

Me too.. Luckily I still have my 900 around, so I'll be able to play it :P.. I am happy for WP7.x users they are not getting that much attention these days.. Good job MSFT, you are not forgetting those who trusted you..

I'm guessing it's because Square*Enix is a Japanese company and their first motiviation was for their Japanese Windows Phone customers. Windows Phone 8 has not launched in Japan, making it more rationale for them to release the phoen for Windows Phone 7 instead, which did launch in Japan years ago.

Have you looked at the crappy graphics? They work on WP7 but on WP8 it would be an insult to present them so bad and for such a ridiculous high price. Who the hell, in their right mind, would waste 10 dollars on that? Exactly. No one.

A lot of complaining going on. Some apps/games for W7 some for W8.
Bottom line Windows Phones are fragmented. That's just life in the tech world. Android has it IOS has....wait not sure if IOS is fragmented.

Very sad news for windows phone 7x users. Temple run and 7 other games are only available for WP 8. The fact is Microsoft only working for WP 8 . Wp 7x phones doesn't have NOTIFYME, NOTIFICATION CENTRE and LOCKSCREEN WEATHER. Microsoft said WP 7x os is like old car. so 7x users going to change our smartphone to android which have more apps and most top games are free.

I couldn't get it from the store via my phone, so I thought I was being smart my installing it over the wp store website... the download began, then the installation and I ran out of space. I cancelled the download, but no space became available and had to reset my phone =( Warning, even if you have 1.4gb available...